EP4384111A1 - Handhabungswerkzeug für medizinische gerätschaften - Google Patents
Handhabungswerkzeug für medizinische gerätschaftenInfo
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- EP4384111A1 EP4384111A1 EP23758617.7A EP23758617A EP4384111A1 EP 4384111 A1 EP4384111 A1 EP 4384111A1 EP 23758617 A EP23758617 A EP 23758617A EP 4384111 A1 EP4384111 A1 EP 4384111A1
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- Prior art keywords
- handling tool
- forks
- container
- fork
- projections
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
- A61B50/00—Containers, covers, furniture or holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments, e.g. sterile covers
- A61B50/30—Containers specially adapted for packaging, protecting, dispensing, collecting or disposing of surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
- B25J—MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
- B25J15/00—Gripping heads and other end effectors
- B25J15/0014—Gripping heads and other end effectors having fork, comb or plate shaped means for engaging the lower surface on a object to be transported
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
- B25J—MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
- B25J15/00—Gripping heads and other end effectors
- B25J15/0023—Gripper surfaces directly activated by a fluid
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
- A61B50/00—Containers, covers, furniture or holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments, e.g. sterile covers
- A61B2050/005—Containers, covers, furniture or holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments, e.g. sterile covers with a lid or cover
- A61B2050/0058—Containers, covers, furniture or holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments, e.g. sterile covers with a lid or cover closable by translation
- A61B2050/006—Containers, covers, furniture or holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments, e.g. sterile covers with a lid or cover closable by translation perpendicular to the lid plane, e.g. by a downward movement
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
- A61B50/00—Containers, covers, furniture or holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments, e.g. sterile covers
- A61B50/20—Holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments
Definitions
- the present disclosure relates to a handling tool for handling a medical device/a medical product/a medical object, in particular a medical container, and a system comprising the handling tool and the medical container.
- Medical containers such as sterile goods containers, sieve baskets with soft packaging and the like are already handled automatically. Such handling is carried out using parallel or serial robots with appropriate manipulators, industrial trucks, AGVs (Automated Guided Vehicles), conveyor tracks and belts, elevator systems and other conveyor technologies that are widely used in logistics.
- AGVs Automated Guided Vehicles
- AEMPs processing units for medical devices
- a carrying device in the form of a tablet on which the object or product to be moved is located. This enables safe handling regardless of the geometry of the object or product.
- the disadvantage, however, is that the tablets represent additional costs, cleaning and logistical effort.
- the object of the present disclosure is therefore to eliminate or at least reduce the disadvantages of the prior art. Specifically, it is the object of the present disclosure to provide a handling tool for objects to be handled, in particular medical equipment, which allows gripping or picking up the object from any surface or independently of a positioning of the object as well as a high handling speed of the object, in particular automated handling.
- the term “grasping” is to be understood at this point in a very general sense and is not limited to a pincer-shaped grip with which an object is grasped is clamped between two branches but also any type of recording, including simple (loose) gripping under an object, in which only a force is applied to the object in the lifting direction, or engaging in corresponding recordings on the object, in which only a lifting force is applied to the object At the same time, lateral slipping/sliding of the object can be prevented by appropriate guides.
- the task is solved by the preferably medical handling tool, which is intended and designed for gripping and/or handling a medical device/a medical object/product/item, preferably a medical container, more preferably a sterilization container, with a fork carrier and two itself parallel-spaced fork tines extending in a longitudinal direction at right angles away from the fork carrier, each of which has a container support/detection side on which a number of longitudinally spaced receiving projections are formed or arranged, which extend in a (positive) height direction (i.e. upwards) to the container support/detection side. capture page extend.
- the handling tool includes the fork carrier, which extends essentially symmetrically, starting from a center position, in a positive and a negative width direction.
- a fork tine is formed at respective end sections of the fork carriage in the width direction, which extends away from the fork carriage in the positive longitudinal direction.
- the fork carrier and the two fork arms essentially form a U-shape, with the medical equipment to be handled essentially being accommodated in a receiving space which is formed between the fork arms.
- the forks include the receiving projections which extend in the height direction away from the forks.
- the height direction is to be understood as meaning a direction that is oriented essentially normal to a plane spanned by the longitudinal direction and the width direction.
- the receiving projections are separated from each other by recesses.
- at least two receiving projections are formed per fork tine.
- an extent of the fork carriage in the height direction is greater than in the longitudinal direction.
- an extension of the fork in the height direction is preferably greater than in the width direction.
- the core of the disclosure is therefore the handling tool, consisting of the fork carrier and the two fork tines, the fork tines each being designed with the (upwardly extending) receiving projections.
- the receiving projections of the forks can be tapered, in particular wedge-shaped, in such a way that a height extension of the receiving projections in the height direction on mutually facing sides of the forks is greater than a height extension of the receiving projections in the height direction on sides of the forks facing away from one another
- the receiving projections of the forks can taper towards each other in the height direction, in particular with respect to an extent in a width direction, which corresponds to an extension direction of the fork carrier.
- the receiving projections can have a ramp geometry whose height increases towards the receiving space formed between the forks.
- the ramp geometry can preferably have a substantially linear contour.
- the ramp geometry can have a (partially) parabolic contour.
- the receiving projections of the forks By designing the receiving projections of the forks in this way, the locking process of the forks into the medical equipment to be handled by the handling tool can be improved. Furthermore, such training can compensate for manufacturing tolerances, positioning tolerances and/or distortion of the medical equipment to be handled. In addition, such a geometry can achieve self-locking of the (locking) connection between the receiving projections and the medical equipment to be handled.
- the forks can include an underside facing away from the container support/detection side, on which manipulation projections are formed or arranged, which extend in a depth direction/negative height direction to the underside and which are preferably tapered, in particular wedge-shaped, in such a way that a height extension of the manipulation projections in the height direction on the mutually facing sides of the fork tines is smaller than a height extension of the manipulation projections in the height direction on the mutually facing sides of the fork tines.
- the forks can include the underside facing away from the container support/detection side, on which the manipulation projections are formed or arranged, which extend in a depth direction towards the underside and which preferably move away from one another in a negative height direction, in particular with respect to an extension in the width direction, taper.
- the forks may include the manipulation projections that extend in a negative height direction away from the forks.
- the manipulation projections can preferably have a ramp geometry whose extension slopes in the negative height direction towards the receiving space formed between the forks.
- the ramp geometry can preferably have a substantially linear contour.
- the ramp geometry can have a (partially) parabolic contour.
- the manipulation projections enable a position to be manipulated or the medical equipment to be handled to be pushed or pulled when the medical equipment is not between the forks.
- manipulation projections can be designed to be rotationally symmetrical, in particular 180 ° rotationally symmetrical, to the receiving projections, relative to a central axis of the fork tines extending in the longitudinal direction of the fork tines.
- the contour of the manipulation projections can correspond to the contour of the receiving projections in a state rotated through 180°.
- the manipulation projections can hook/lock in a manner corresponding to that of the receiving projections in the medical equipment to be handled in order to push or pull the medical equipment.
- such manipulation projections enable hooking/locking in such a way that only one of the fork tines is in engagement with the associated manipulation projections when the handling tool is rotated through 180° to an original position.
- the handling tool can contain a sensor holder, preferably in/on the fork carrier.
- a recess or the like can be formed on the handling tool, which is designed to accommodate a sensor to record.
- the sensor can be an optical and/or radio-based and/or ultrasound-based sensor, which is suitable for recognizing the objects to be handled, in particular medical equipment, for example based on a tag/marking.
- the handling tool can contain the sensor holder on at least one fork.
- Such a design of the handling tool makes it possible to accommodate the above sensor in/on the handling tool.
- Such a sensor assists in detecting a particularly relative position of the medical device in relation to the handling tool, thereby enabling an automated and computer-aided defined method of the handling tool.
- a distance between the two forks can be variable, preferably continuously.
- the forks can be movable relative to the fork carrier in the width direction, i.e. in the extension direction of the fork carrier.
- the forks can be movable by means of at least one threaded position or at least one hydraulic cylinder or at least one pneumatic cylinder.
- the handling tool can be flexibly adapted to a variety of medical devices, thereby significantly increasing the range of uses of the handling tool.
- At least one of the forks can contain a latching element/a latching geometry, preferably a hook, on an end section facing away from the fork carrier.
- the handling tool is formed on at least one of the forks, but advantageously on both forks, with the locking element, which enables positive engagement in a preferably cylindrical element.
- the locking element enables positive engagement with a particularly cylindrical object, which is ideally aligned parallel to the fork carrier.
- the object can be, for example, a handle and/or an interface and/or an eyelet of a (medical) sieve basket, a (medical) wire frame, a box or the like.
- At least one of the forks can be designed with at least one clamping element, preferably a pneumatic cushion.
- the clamping element can be formed in the direction of the receiving space formed between the forks, which is intended to produce a frictional connection to the medical equipment to be handled.
- the clamping element can be designed as a pneumatic or hydraulic cushion, which expands when pressure is applied and exerts a clamping force on the products to be gripped.
- the forks By designing the forks with the at least one clamping element, slipping of the products to be gripped, preferably in the form of medical equipment, can be prevented/prevented. This is particularly advantageous for heavy products to be gripped, such as heavily loaded sterile goods containers, in order to securely fix the products to be gripped to the handling tool when the direction of the handling tool changes.
- the forks can have a truss structure (lightweight structure).
- the forks and/or the fork carrier can be designed with a load-appropriate geometry with weight-reducing recesses, whereby unloaded areas can be designed without material or with reduced wall thickness.
- the weight of the handling tool can be reduced.
- the handling speed can be increased due to the lower weight and the resulting lower inertia of the handling tool.
- the fork carriage can contain an interface of a robotic system on a section facing away from the forks.
- the handling tool can be connected/connectable to the robotic system via the fork carrier by means of the interface, which is designed, for example, in the form of a flange.
- the interface can be designed on the fork carrier in such a way that it is arranged centrally between the forks in the width direction.
- the interface may be a rotatable/rotatable interface such that the handling tool can be rotated about a central axis of the interface that is oriented parallel to the longitudinal direction.
- the handling tool can also be made of a fiber or glass ball reinforced plastic. Alternatively, the handling tool can be made of a metallic material.
- the handling tool can be formed by machining, using a layer structure (composite plastic), using an injection molding process or using rapid prototyping (additive manufacturing).
- the forks can contain a chamfer on an end section facing away from the fork carrier.
- a bevel makes things easier Insertion of the forks between products to be gripped that are positioned close together and/or prevents the forks from getting caught.
- the chamfer can save material and thus weight, which reduces mechanical stress.
- the forks can each contain a stop, preferably in the form of a radius, on a section adjacent to the receiving space formed between the forks.
- the receiving projections can be crenellated on the fork tine.
- the fork carrier can be made in one piece with the forks (integral design).
- the forks can be positively and/or non-positively connected to the forks (modular design).
- the object is further solved by a system consisting of the handling tool, preferably according to one of the above aspects, and a medical container, wherein the medical container contains at least one fold and the fork tines are provided and designed to form the fold via the receiving projections and/or the manipulation projections of the medical container to contact and/or fix it in a form-fitting manner.
- the system includes the handling tool and the medical container, preferably in the form of the sterile goods container.
- the geometry of the receiving projections and/or the manipulation projections is matched to a geometry of the fold of the medical container.
- the receiving projections and/or the manipulation projections are designed such that they engage in the fold in a form-fitting manner.
- the medical container may have a base with dimensions A x B and A is a multiple of 1/3 of a length of the fork tine in the longitudinal direction.
- the length of the fork can be matched to the dimensions of the medical container in a defined ratio.
- the forks By designing the forks in this way, a large number of different medical containers or medical containers of different sizes can be handled using the handling tool.
- sterile goods containers with a length of 1/1, 3/4 and 1/2 can be handled with the handling tool.
- the fold may be formed symmetrically on opposing side walls of the medical container.
- the fold may be oriented parallel to a bottom and/or an edge of the medical container.
- the fold may be formed in a portion of the medical container facing an opening of the medical container.
- the fold may be formed in a height direction in an upper portion of the medical container.
- the fold may form an edge portion of the opening of the medical container.
- FIG. 1 is an illustration of a handling tool according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure
- Fig. 2 is a representation of a system consisting of the handling tool according to the first exemplary embodiment and a first sterile goods container;
- Fig. 3 is a sectional view of section AA of Fig. 2; 4 is a representation of a system consisting of the handling tool according to the first exemplary embodiment and a half-sized container tub in a first position;
- Fig. 5 is a representation of the system consisting of the handling tool according to the first embodiment and the half-format container tub in a second position;
- FIG. 6 is an illustration of the handling tool according to a second embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 7 is a representation of a system consisting of the handling tool according to the second exemplary embodiment and the first sterile goods container;
- Fig. 8 is a sectional view of section B-B of Fig. 7;
- FIG. 9 is a representation of an exemplary shelf with a plurality of first sterile containers
- FIG. 10 is an illustration of a shelf compartment of the exemplary shelf and the handling tool according to the second embodiment in a first handling step
- FIG. 11 is a representation of the shelf compartment of the exemplary shelf and the handling tool according to the second embodiment in a second handling step.
- top or top side is In the following, a higher value in the Z direction/height direction is understood. In the following, “bottom or underside” is understood to mean a lower value in the Z direction/height direction.
- front means a higher value in the X direction/longitudinal direction. In the following, “back” means a lower value in the X direction/longitudinal direction.
- Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of a handling tool 1 according to the disclosure in a first exemplary embodiment.
- the handling tool 1 includes a fork carrier 3, which in the first exemplary embodiment shown here is designed as a double-T carrier and extends in a width direction Y.
- a fork tine 5 is formed at end sections of the fork carrier 3, which extends at right angles away from the fork carrier 3 in a longitudinal direction X.
- the two forks 5 are designed in parallel.
- the fork carrier 3 and the two forks 5 essentially form a U-shape.
- Receiving projections 7 are formed on a top side or on a container support/detection side of the forks 5.
- the receiving projections 7 are interrupted by recesses 9 along the longitudinal direction X. In other words, an extension of the forks 5 in a height direction Z, which is oriented normal to a plane spanned by the longitudinal direction X and the width direction Y, is increased in areas of the receiving projections 7.
- a sensor 11 is formed in a sensor receptacle 13 on a side facing away from the fork arms 5.
- An interface 15 of a robotic system (not shown) is also formed on the side of the fork carrier 3 facing away from the forks 5.
- the interface 15 is provided and designed to move the handling tool 1 in space and to rotate it about an axis M.
- the forks 5 contain recesses 17 which are designed to reduce the weight of the handling tool 1. Due to the recesses 17, the forks 5 have a truss geometry suitable for the load. Furthermore, the forks 5 each contain a chamfer 19 on an end section facing away from the fork carrier 3.
- the fork carrier 3 and the two fork tines 5 are formed in one piece.
- the fork tines 5 are connected to the fork carrier 3 in a fixed or detachable manner.
- Fig. 2 shows a system from the one disclosed
- Handling tool 1 according to the first exemplary embodiment and a medical container in the form of a sterile goods container 21.
- the sterile goods container 21 contains a tub 23 and a lid 25.
- the tub 23 and the lid 25 are releasably connected to one another via the closure 27.
- the lid 25 closes the tub 23 of the sterile goods container 21.
- the handling tool 1 is provided and designed to pick up the sterile goods container 21 between the two forks 5 and to grip and handle the sterile goods container 21 automatically
- the sterile goods container 21 shown in FIG. 2 is a full-format or a 1/1 sterile goods container 21.
- the full-format sterile goods container 21 has a length L1 in the longitudinal direction X.
- the forks 5 have a length L3/4 in the longitudinal direction X.
- the length L3/4 of the forks 5 corresponds to three quarters of the length L1 of the full-sized sterile goods container 21.
- An end stop 29 is formed on an end section of the fork tine 5 facing the fork carrier 3 (see also FIG. 1).
- the end stop 29 is a partially spherical/curved recess, with a radius of the end stop 29 essentially corresponding to a corner radius of a corner 31 of the tub 23 of the sterile goods container 21.
- the handling tool 1 engages with the receiving projections 7 in a fold 33 of the tub 23 of the sterile goods container 21, which is explained in more detail below in FIG. 3 using section AA in FIG. 2.
- Fig. 3 shows section AA and thus a partial section through the system shown in Fig. 2.
- Fig. 3 shows a section through the fork 5 with the receiving projections 7 and an edge section of the sterile goods container 21 with the tub 23 and the lid 25.
- the tub 23 contains the fold 33, which is on one opening edge of the tub 23 at least on two opposite ones Side walls 35 of the tub 23 is designed parallel.
- the fold 33 is formed in one piece with the side wall 35 and the fold 33 and the side wall 35 form an acute angle.
- a wall thickness of the side wall 35 and the fold 33 is constant/identical in the exemplary embodiment shown here. However, exemplary embodiments are conceivable in which the wall thickness of the fold 33 is greater than the wall thickness of the side wall 35.
- the side wall 35 is formed with a stiffening bead/stiffening structure 37 (see also FIG. 2).
- the receiving projections 7 are geometries that narrow with increasing height in the height direction Z relative to an extent in the width direction Y.
- the receiving projections 7 are ramp-shaped geometries which rise in the direction towards the axis M (see FIG. 1).
- a receptacle for medical containers or the sterile goods container 21 is formed between the two forks 5 and the height of the receiving projections 7 increases in the height direction Z towards the receptacle.
- a slope of the receiving projections 7 is matched to the angle of the fold 33.
- the receiving projections 7 of the forks 5 contact the fold 33 of the sterile goods container 21 when the sterile goods container 21 is in the receptacle of the handling tool 1.
- the following describes how the handling tool 1 works in combination with the full-format sterile goods container 21 using FIGS. 2 and 3 described.
- the handling tool 1 In order to handle the sterile goods container 21 and carry out pick-and-place tasks, the handling tool 1 is moved in the longitudinal direction the end stop 29 rests. The contact of the sterile goods container 21 against the end stop 29 can be checked/validated, for example, using the sensor 11.
- the senor 11 can read a tag (not shown) attached to the sterile goods container 21.
- the tag can, for example, contain information about the contents of the sterile goods container 21.
- the sensor 11 can be provided and designed to read out tags which are attached in/on a shelf and/or on a container transport vehicle and, for example, contain information about a storage location.
- the sterile goods container 21 When the sterile goods container 21 is located at the end stop 29, the movement of the handling tool 1 in the longitudinal direction X is stopped and the handling tool 1 is moved in the positive height direction Z.
- the receiving projections 7 of the forks 5 are brought into engagement/positive fit with the fold 33 of the sterile goods container 21 and the sterile goods container 21 is raised.
- the sterile goods container 21 is inserted into the handling tool 1 in a vertical, translational movement of the handling tool 1, so that the sterile goods container 21 sits with the fold 33 in an upper area between the forks 5 in the receptacle. This ensures a positive, defined fit of the sterile goods container 21 to be transported.
- the handling tool 1 can be moved by means of the robotic system and the sterile goods container 21 can be positioned. In order to set down the sterile goods container 21, the handling tool 1 moves as soon as the Sterile goods container 21 rests on a surface further in the negative height direction Z and the receiving projections 7 and the fold 33 are disengaged and the positive, defined seat is thus released.
- FIGS. 4 and 5 show the handling tool 1 according to the first exemplary embodiment with a medical container in the form of a half-sized container tub 39.
- a further description of the handling tool 1 according to the first exemplary embodiment is omitted and only differences in the functioning of the handling tool will be discussed below 1 in combination with the half-sized container tub 39 described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.
- the length L3/4 of the forks 5 is longer than a length L1/2 of the half-sized container tub 39, this is not easily possible if the half-sized container tub 39 is positioned on an obstacle in such a way that the Forks 5 cannot move so far in the longitudinal direction X that the half-sized container tray 39 is in contact with the end stop 29.
- Fig. 4 shows a first step in which the half-sized container tub 39 is/is lifted with a front section of the handling tool 1.
- the corner sections/corner radii of the half-sized container tub 39 are arranged in the recesses 9 in order to prevent a collision between the forks 5 and the corner radii of the half-sized container tub 39 and at the same time a defined stop in the longitudinal direction X for the half-sized container tub 39 in the forks 5 to train.
- the half-sized container tub 39 can be placed away from the obstacle using the handling tool 1 in such a way that the forks 5 can move in the longitudinal direction X in a second step until the half-sized container tub 39 is in contact with the end stop 29, as shown in Fig. 5.
- the half-sized container tub 39 which is located in a second row in a shelf and/or container transport trolley, can be lifted with the front section/tip of the handling tool 1 and positioned further forward in the shelf (first step ).
- the half-sized container tub 39 can then be lifted again with the rear part of the handling tool 1 when the forks 5 protrude beyond the half-sized container tub 39 (second step).
- FIG. 6 shows a perspective view of a handling tool 1 according to the disclosure in a second exemplary embodiment.
- a new description of features and properties identical to the first exemplary embodiment will be omitted below and only differences from the first exemplary embodiment will be discussed.
- the handling tool 1 contains manipulation projections 41 on the underside of the forks 5.
- the bottom side is understood to be the side of the fork 5 facing away from the top.
- the manipulation projections 41 and the receiving projections 7 are formed on sides of the fork 5 facing away from each other.
- the manipulation projections 41 are interrupted by the recesses 9 corresponding to the receiving projections 7.
- the recesses 9 are arranged identically on the bottom and top of the fork 5.
- Locking elements in the form of hooks 43 are also formed on the end section of the fork tines 5 facing away from the fork carrier 3.
- the hook 43 is designed to engage positively in eyelets or handles or the like attached to objects and to move the object.
- Fig. 6 the handling tool 1 is shown in a receiving position. In the receiving position, the receiving projections 7 point upwards or in the positive height direction Z.
- Fig. 7 shows the handling tool 1 of the second exemplary embodiment in a manipulation position.
- the handling tool 1 is rotated 180° about the central axis M in the manipulation position, so that the manipulation projections 41 now point upwards or in the positive height direction Z.
- the pick-up position and the manipulation position differ in a rotation/rotation of the handling tool 1 about the central axis by 180°.
- the rotation/rotation of the handling tool 1 takes place here by means of the interface 15 or a rotation unit flanged to the interface 15.
- One of the forks 5 is in engagement with the manipulation projections 41 with the fold 33 of the container tray 39 of the sterile goods container 21. The exact mode of operation will be explained in more detail later with reference to FIGS. 9 to 11.
- Fig. 8 shows a section BB from Fig. 7.
- the manipulation projection 41 engages in the fold 33 in a form-fitting manner.
- the receiving projection 7 is formed on a section of the fork 5 facing away from the fold 33.
- the manipulation projection 41 and the receiving projection 7 are point-symmetrical with respect to a fork axis MP, which extends in the longitudinal direction X of the fork 5.
- the contour of the manipulation projection 41 corresponds to the contour of the receiving projection 7.
- the manipulation projection 41 differs from the receiving projection 7 essentially in its orientation on the fork tine 5.
- Fig. 9 shows an exemplary shelf 45, which is (full) occupied with a large number of sterile goods containers.
- the fold 33 of the sterile goods container 21 is placed so close to a wall 47 of the shelf 45 that the handling tool 1 cannot engage in the fold 33.
- a sterile goods container 21 positioned centrally in the shelf is lifted and handled from the arrangement in the shelf 45 as already described above.
- the handling tool 1 moves into the free space 49 in the manipulation position in a second step and the manipulation projections 41 are moved by means of a horizontal and a subsequent vertical movement in a third Step brought into engagement with the fold 33 of the sterile goods container (see Fig. 10).
- the sterile goods container 21 hooked by the handling tool 1 is moved/moved away from the side wall 47 in a fourth step.
- the handling tool 1 is then rotated into the receiving position and the sterile goods container 21 is picked up (regularly).
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